Labuan Trip - Day 1

road trip always remind me of my Dad - when he notices a new road leading to God knows where he would have no qualms to check it out. i still remember trips we took when the roads were still gravel with huge timber trucks passing us by. enjoy my picture journey/trip to Labuan.

road trip snacks

our tickets to Labuan

our speed boat to Labuan

if you decide to take your car over this would be the ferry to take

my sis-in-law (SIL) was kind enough to come and pick us from the terminal and send us to our hotel (which she also helped book). rest, unpack and kids were so happy when they saw the swimming pool from our room.

view of the pool from our room

SIL came back to play the role of driver and tour guide (kids first trip to Labuan). took us first to see the WW II Memorial (largest memorial in Malaysia - final resting place of 3,908 war heroes from Australia, Britian, India, New Zealand as well as Malaya).

from here she took us home to pick her kids up to join us to see The Chimney - the 106feet high structure was made from 23,000 pieces of red bricks imported from England. (some say that the Chimney is an unfinished mansion - others say that is served as a lighthouse for passing ships but until today its existence remains a mystery).

little Litho also wants to be in the picture

view from inside looking up

kids couldn't wait to get back to the hotel to go and check out the pool - it's a big pool!

enjoying the water with their cousins

Husband suggested here for dinner (said it was good) but i'm sorry to say that i disagreed with him - was really disappointed with the food.

this was the only good thing of the whole dinner (fried taufo)